Skopun

Skopun is a town in the situated on the northern coast of . Skopun is the second-largest town on the island. Skopun Municipality consists only of the town of Skopun.
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  • Village with about 440 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
  • Description: settlement on Sandoy, Faroe Islands

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skopunar kirkja.
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hestur and Kirkjubøur.
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is an island in the central , to the west of and the south of . is situated 6 km north of Skopun.
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is the southernmost village on .
EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the south coast of the island of in the . is situated 8 km southeast of Skopun.

Skopun

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Latitude
61.90394° or 61° 54′ 14″ north
Longitude
-6.88464° or 6° 53′ 5″ west
UN/LOCODE
FO SFJ
Open location code
9CHMW438+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023803
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2613660
Wiki­data ID
Q944256

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Skopun” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Skopun”
  • Chinese: “斯科彭”
  • Czech: “Skopun”
  • Danish: “Skopen”
  • Danish: “Skopun”
  • Dutch: “Skopun”
  • Faroese: “Skopun”
  • French: “Skopun”
  • German: “Skopun”
  • Greek: “Σκόπουν”
  • Hebrew: “סקופן”
  • Hungarian: “Skopun”
  • Icelandic: “Skopun”
  • Irish: “Skopun”
  • Kalaallisut: “Skopun”
  • Lithuanian: “Skopunas”
  • Manx: “Skopun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skopen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skopun”
  • Norwegian: “Skopun”
  • Polish: “Skopun”
  • Romanian: “Skopun”
  • Spanish: “Skopun”
  • Swedish: “Skopun”
  • Turkish: “Skopun”

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